AAC F A M I L Y & F R I E N D S
of protocol, each member association will have them ironed out before our annual conference. Tis year’s conference will celebrate 48 years on August 24-26 in Hot Springs. Te AAC board will ultimately approve the AAC’s collective policy pursuits in the early fall. During the next several weeks many details will come to frui- tion as we work through needed changes in Arkansas law concern- ing almost all facets of county government. We also will begin to launch media and social media campaigns embedded in educating the electorate, legislators and other state leaders on the inner work- ings of county government and our close relationship and role in providing state-mandated services. During this time, we will dis- tribute information concerning county turnback funding vs. man- dated services; rural infrastructure needs, including roads and In- ternet connectivity; public safety necessities such as 911 structure and funding and criminal justice reform, which goes hand in hand with crisis intervention units and training and regional prisons. We also look forward to discussing these issues and more with the members of the House and Senate City, County and Local Affairs Committees at our conference later this summer. Te theme for conference is “Arkansas Counties — Explore the
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Possibilities.” Online registration is now available for those who want to pay via credit card at
www.arcounties.org. Or you may also simply print out the form and send it in with your check. Te 18th Annual AAC Golf Tournament benefiting the Randy
Kemp Memorial Scholarship Fund will be held Tuesday, August 23, at the Ponce de Leon Golf Club in Hot Springs Village. Go to our web site for more details and to access the paper registration form as well as online registration. Golfers will enjoy range balls, lunch, cart, hole prizes, door prizes, fellowship and a great course all for a great cause. We are also still seeking sponsorships. Contact
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A look ahead
he Association of Arkansas Counties’ member asso- ciations have been working on their respective legis- lative packages for sometime and will have most of the finishing touches developed by July. As a matter
Karan Skarda at
kskarda@arcounties.org for more information. AAC recently hosted a retirement celebration for its Executive Assistant Jeanne Hunt and ACE Program Co- ordinator Brenda “Emmy” Emerson. Jeanne has served counties for 34 years, while Emmy has served for 13 years. We all will certainly miss these two la- dies and appreciate their dedication and professionalism to AAC’s stakeholders. We also officially welcome Whitney Barket, executive assistant, and Karan Skarda, ACE Program coordinator, to the team. Tese two have trained with their predecessors for a couple months now, and we encourage you to meet and welcome them if you have not already.
Legislative lines
Scott perkins Legislative and Communications Director
DOL new rule on overtime to begin Dec. 1, 2016 Many of you have heard of the Department of Labor’s new
rule on exempt employees and most certainly have questions and concerns. Readers will find an overview of the rule on page 30 of this edition. AAC will announce a seminar to be held at AAC headquarters soon. Te bottom line — the federal government has released a new threshold defining an exempt employee. Te new magic number is $913 per week or $46,476 per year. Te previous earnings threshold was less than $27,000 per year for an employee to be considered exempt from overtime. Te duties test that many of you already utilize to help determine exempt status remains intact and still anchors on three definitions: execu- tive, administrative and professional. AAC will present on all the definitions and discuss plans of action in the upcoming seminar on the new rule.
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